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Author Skolnik, Sam, 1966-

Title High stakes : the rising cost of America's gambling addiction / Sam Skolnik.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.25 SKOLNIK    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.2 SKOLNIK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.25 SKOLNIK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.25 SK53    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.25 SK    Check Shelf
Description xxvi, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.
Contents The other gambling addicts: the states -- Welcome to Las Vegas, problem gambling capital of the world -- The Asian connection -- The rise of the poker junkie -- The online fix -- Evolving science, questionable research -- A federal role, and a look forward.
Subject Gambling -- United States.
Compulsive gambling -- Social aspects -- United States.
Gambling industry -- United States.
ISBN 9780807006290 hardback alkaline paper $25.95
0807006297 hardback alkaline paper
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